Disclosure pursuant to Art. 21 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act
Basel, 27 March 2009. Notification by Bâloise-Holding, Aeschengraben 21, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Bâloise-Holding hereby discloses that the following entities
- Deutscher Ring Krankenversicherungsverein a.G. with its seat in Hamburg and with the address: Ludwig-Erhard-Strasse 22, 20459 Hamburg, Germany, and
- IDUNA Vereinigte Lebensversicherung a. G. für Handwerk, Handel und Gewerbe, Hamburg, with its seat in Hamburg and with the address: Neue Rabenstrasse 15-19, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, together with
- SIGNAL Unfallversicherung a.G. with its seat in Dortmund and with the address: Joseph-Scherer-Strasse 3, 44139 Dortmund, Germany, and
- SIGNAL Krankenversicherung a.G. with its seat in Dortmund and with the address: Joseph-Scherer-Strasse 3, 44139 Dortmund, Germany,
as a group ("
Gleichordnungskonzern"
* pursuant to German law) and through the following subsidiaries of the entities mentioned above under no. 2-4
- SIGNAL IDUNA Holding AG with its seat in Dortmund and with the address: Joseph-Scherer-Strasse 3, 44139 Dortmund, Germany, and
- SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung AG with its seat in Dortmund and with the address: Joseph-Scherer-Strasse 3, 44139 Dortmund, Germany, and
- HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment GmbH (as Manager of the Fund HANSAintern) with its seat in Hamburg and with the address: Kapstadtring 8, 22297 Hamburg, Germany,
exceeded the threshold of 5% on 26 March 2009 and hold 2,590,000 registered shares of Bâloise-Holding, corresponding to 5.18% of the 50,000,000 outstanding shares of Bâloise-Holding.
* a group of companies, which are separate legal entities but under unified
(non-holding-company) control.
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the Baloise Group is a European provider of insurance and pension solutions. It positions itself as an insurer with a smart prevention concept, the "Safety World". In Switzerland, the Group operates as a focused financial services provider, offering a combination of insurance and banking services. The Group also has a market presence in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Croatia and Serbia. The sales network spans the Group's own sales organization, plus brokers and other partners. Baloise operates its innovative pension plan products business for private customers throughout Europe with its competence centres in Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
Bâloise-Holding shares are included in the Swiss Market Index (SMI), comprising the 20 leading Swiss companies, and are listed on SWX Europe. The Baloise Group employs some 9,200 people.